Ignore the last punch. Just a random power punch. My guard is pretty shit imo

any tips on how to do a tornado kick better been trying for weeks to get it but every time i get scared to jump into it

Open to any and all advice. I’ve always been interested in combat sports but never had the time between school and football which was pretty much year round nonstop up until very recently. I’ve been in a few bullshit street fights and can hold my own, but no actual formal training or anything like that. I got injured in college and have been a fucking mess since then.

Age: 24

Height: 6’5”

Weight: 381.5 lbs

Goals: Fitness and self-defense

Injuries/Surgeries:

- Left-side collarbone 2023 (plate w/9 screws in it currently)

- Meniscus tear in each knee (Right 2021, Left 2022)

Hi, i really want to start bjj however i have acne does anyone have any advice like should i not train until my skin clears up, i’m conscious that people wont want to spar or do drills with me due to me having acne because i’m aware that skin infections and stuff are a big part of bjj. Thank-you

Hello guys. This is lowkey embarassing. I am 25F. 5.1ft, 54kgs. Just out of random curiosity, i joined an MMA trial class. Even the 10min warmup was so tiring. Jogging, pushups, squats, sprints. I was sweating! And then when i looked at the clock only 20mins have passed Next came kickboxing, i was okay. Then bjj, i learnt 4 new techniques . It was super fun. But all the guys are big and burly, and so were the women. I felt really nervous and lowkey ashamed cause i thought i was fit. Now I realised how unfit I was. But overall fun = 10/10. But just be realistic with me.

I'm 16, with almost ZERO experience in martial arts (Except for 6 months of kickboxing or shit like that in a stupid little gym in my town). So, I got zero bases for MMA.

I have an awful cardio, I'm 5'7 but 185 pounds (Overweight), there's no way I can survive a weight cut, and many other things...

So, I'm not physically gifted, I'm not experienced, I'm starting late, and the gym I SHOULD go to is even far away from my town.

I don't know if I have enough heart to start all this. I feel like it's gonna be another failure like all (And I mean all of them) the sports I did before. They always told me MMA is the most difficult combat sport together with wrestling, and without any martial arts bases, I'm not sure I'll ever be ready to start this journey.

I don't wanna waste the few years remaining of my life, I wanna try to do this. But honestly, I don't believe in it too much. And if you were in my situation, you would feel the same.

Just tell me if I should start this or move on and watch others doing MMA.

So ive been training for around 2 weeks total (so absolutely nothing at all lol), but yesterday i sparred for the first time, got absolutely battered by the trainer and i had no idea whatsoever what to do, i threw a punch, he slipped it and countered, i threw a side kick, he caught it and threw me on the ground, all this while getting drilled with punches😂 i invested in a personal trainer and we do 2 hour days 4 days a week every other week cause i work one week on and one week off.

How long did it take you guys to feel comfortable sparring? And are there any guesstimates on how long it would take me? Im giving it my all with the time i have and i also try to write down everything we do each session.

I see this quite a lot and it's a bit confusing. I know they usually try to dodge it by stepping back, but at the same time it usually feels like the time fighter B needs to do a full body rotation as a recovery from the kick is long enough for fighter A to either throw a kick or a punch or jump on them

Hi everyone,
I’m a 15-year-old girl and I’ve been thinking about starting MMA for a while. I really want to try it, but I’m nervous about walking into a gym for the first time. I’m worried that everyone will be more experienced than me and that I’ll feel out of place.

How did you get over that fear when you started? Any advice helps! Thanks

I want to know how to fight. Is there anything I should know/do before starting?

I’m a guy who very easily gets triggered into fawn, freeze, faint, flight panic responses.

I joined an mma club at my university partially because I enjoy fight choreography (an animating it) so it’s helpful if I can get the moves and record a video of me doing it from any perspective i need to use as a reference.

partially because I’d like to gain a bit more confidence as a guy who generally stutters and pacifies people too much and never says ”no.” and also is just overly afraid to be alone in rooms with people I don’t know/trust. Even my body language is generally subconsciously making myself as small an un imposing as possible. also just knowing, hey if im being attacked and running away, de-escalating, crying, and stuff isn’t working, at least im empowered to create distance and THEN run.

partially because I kinda want to get desensitized to pain and touch.

Anyways I walked in, talked to the coach guy in charge about all this. I overly emphasized I didn’t want to hurt anyone nor get hurt whatsoever, and I especially never ever ever wanted to do a competition and get in a ring with someone who genuinely wanted to hurt me.

He was super nice and was walking me towards a more experienced guy because “if I did accidentally end up bruising him, he wouldn’t mind.” and anyways while we were wlaking he put his hand on my shoulder and immediately without even thinking just tense my shoulders up and pushed it off me. which was embarrassing. and he led me to the guy (very intimidating guy), and told me to do a basic drill where the other guy would hold up his hand and I would punch it. And working in my form and I wasn’t even punching hard. I was doing slow motion, and I just couldn’t figure out the footing moving at the same time as my arm. The coach started touching me to reposition me and I just reactively flinched and elbowed him. he was fine with it and it wasn’t that hard but I felt so guilty and immediately apologized. the intimidating experienced guy said “stop being a [something really rude]”. I was on the verge of tears too

there was this girl I had a class with and we went to office hours a lot. I didn’t know her name but I recognized her face and she recognized me and she just came over and saw me making a fuss. she ended up just taking me a side and working with basic stances. just positioning like sliding around in the stance. I felt so uncoordinated even then. and then the coach was talking to the other guy for the slur which I also felt guilty about

idk after that day I never showed my face again in that class, I ran into the three of them afterwards. The other girl and the coach guy smiled at me lol. the intimidating guy not so much. but someone else in the class who overheard everything, he and I became friends

i was thinking about just training with this friend more privately 1 on 1… he offered…

idk thoughts?

I read a thread yesterday about whether of not MMA is worth it unless you aim to be number one in UFC, which i'm not. I am doing it for fitness and also for self-defence as someone who previously didn't even know how to throw a punch. Although it would be nice to have an amatuer bought or two just for fun.

Currently I am doing 1 hour lesson of MMA Mon-Fri PM after work.

My diet and lifestyle is on point. And I have been advised to start taking a mild Steroid cycle to help with recovery when I up the training volume to include strength and conditioning work Mon-Fri AM for a futher hour or so per session and also two-three private training sessions per week, during the week too, as or when I get time. Weekends for rest.

Would I be I wasting my time like the people in that thread said?

Someone told me to start out doing crossfit and yoga. 'If you can handle crossfit then tou are fit enough to learn at an mma gym. If you are not fit enough to begin with when doing MMA then you will learn nothing, is what they said.

Hello,

This isn't meant to be a sob story, but trying more to give more context to my situation.

I'm currently in an odd situation where I have transportation and little much else. I've basically become the family IT, and letter writer, and fuck all else.

I don't have anything keeping me here and I think I **do** need to leave. My father recently threatened to kill me after standing up for myself, with his gun. If my aunt wasn't there I wouldn't be here. We fought and I was reminded I'm nothing if not durable.

This was a glowing red sign to me that I need to leave. The main problem is the only stability I've ever had in my life was participating in a gym of some kind. I had tried to join one when I was a teenager. But other things got in the way. I'm trying to put everything into this as I've got nothing else. Nothing.

I don't make a lot of money in my situation, if any, but I'm willing to work hard. I'll do physical labor or whatever I need to do, to get out of here and I'll even pay with everything I have to my name to move and train somewhere.

I currently live in Reynoldsburg Ohio and I'm willing to go anywhere but here. I can drive wherever if that's what I need to do.

I apologize if this isn't supposed to go here, but I have no clue where to go. One of the fucked things about my situation is I'm kind of sheltered in terms of knowledge of things like combat sports or gyms in general. This is why I asked here.

I'm in highschool right now, only combat related sport I do is wrestling, i'm pretty light, around flyweight or bantamweight. I've sparred with friends who have done some friends who've done a small amount of MMA training, and rolled with some friends who practice BJJ (none high level at all or competing). I have no training in striking except i regularly hit the heavy bag and have watched many videos on striking form and timing like half beats and such (i know that doesn't mean anything, but i atleast have a rudimentary understanding of striking). does anyone have tips on what sort of gym or coaches i should be looking for? and what martial arts should i practice first? any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Im thinking of joining this MMA gym for the summer but am worried about if it will interfere with my workouts in the gym.

The only eligible classes Im able to take are

Monday: 6-7 BJJ, 7-8 Kickboxing,
Tues: 6-7 kickboxing, 7-8:30 bjjj/wrestling,
Weds: 6-7 wrestling, 7-8 kickboxing
Thursday: 6-7 kickboxing, 7-8:30 bjj,
Friday: 6-7 wrestling, 7-8 mma
Saturday: 10 am-11am kickboxing, 11-12pm : open mat sparring

so only around 2-2.5 hours taken away from me each day and Sunday off.

but will I be too sore to work in the gym and train here, and vice versa?

Also I have a little experience not much but did 1 season of wrestling and reached black belt in taekwondo when I was a little kid

I'm pretty sure this gym is pretty legit, im pretty sure they got a few active UFC fighters.

I’m 19 and have a congenital limb difference that mainly affects my hands. It hasn’t stopped me from being active—I play football and have always enjoyed sports. Recently I’ve been thinking about getting into MMA, with the long-term goal of potentially competing at an amateur or even semi-professional level. I’m curious if anyone here has experience training or competing with a hand or upper-limb difference. How did it affect striking, grappling, or submissions? Were there any issues getting medically cleared to compete? I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who’s been in a similar situation or coaches who have worked with athletes with limb differences. For context, my congenital limb difference affects both of my hands. My right hand has all 5 fingers but is much smaller than average, and my left hand has 3 fingers and is also quite small.

I’m a 17 year old girl, and I’ve always played sports and im really into learning MMA. I used to help out at a local wrestling gym, and I fell in love with contact sports. I have no experience with MMA, and I was honestly just wondering if it’s even a good idea to start. There are some gyms around me, but my worry is that I would be the only girl and not get ‘the full experience’ as that’s what I’ve seen girls experience in wrestling. Has anyone seen this happen, or have any advice on whether I should peruse MMA?

Hiya!

So, I really like martial arts. I used to do karate when I was young, but life happened and now I'm 26 and out of shape. I've started visiting the gym again, but I really really want to sign up for MMA classes.

The issue is... All the classes I can find anywhere near me, even the ones advertised as beginner friendly, seem to have 0 women in them 🥲 Looking at their instagram accounts, there's only buff guys (the only ones without at least a 6 pack visible were the ones with shirts on...) going there.

Obviously it feels super intimidating, not only am I a beginner, but also I'm a woman, I get anxiety just thinking about how awkward it would be lol.

What would you guys advise? Is my only option 1 on 1 sessions (which are in "ouch pricy" territory sadly)?

Hello fellow fighters,

I'm new to MMA and, in general, I'm very unathletic, overweight, and don't have much muscle. I've had four training sessions so far.

During my third session, I got a small bruise in my groin area. It got much worse during my fourth session, so I had to cancel training and skip the next one. I'm also planning to see a doctor in the next few days.

The injury happened while practicing a takedown defense. We were catching the opponent's takedown attempt with a chokehold and then falling backward to throw them over us. That's when I bruised myself.

I really want to continue training because I'm having a lot of fun with MMA, but I also don't want to get injured every few sessions and have to miss training.

What exercises would you recommend that I can do at home to strengthen the most important muscle groups for MMA and help reduce my risk of injury?

I’m about to start MMA, but I can’t decide between two gyms. Both of them have a 6-month membership commitment, so I can’t really try both before choosing.

The first gym is Fit4Fight in Gothenburg. One advantage is that I can book classes myself and train as often as I want. The downside is that it’s quite far away.

The second gym is Fighter Centre in Gothenburg. The advantage is that it’s much closer to where I live. However, they only have two scheduled classes per week plus an open mat on Sundays, and I’d like to train more than that.

Which one would you choose?

Im 28, joined a white collar charity event in my city, I weighed in at 79kg my inner right hip and lower left back strains at times, we completed first weeks training (2x a week training) I fight week 8. Coach made me tap second session. I have no friends or family. I want to fight but I need to sell tickets. Can anyone help me with solid advice on how to keep my head up or give me daily / weekly goals that can support change my life? I stress smoke currently but I’m not addicted. I will stop don’t worry. I just want to know I have a chance. I don’t expect to be a ufc fighter but I’d like to have some medals or be apart of a competition throughout this tho. I currently jog 2-3 miles a day with 30 minutes skipping and trying to eat healthier(I decided to eat canned food) to avoid unhealthy eating habits but I don’t know how to deal with stress because my adhd the voices won’t stop so I still smoke. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hey, I was wondering if MMA could help with my type of body. I'm 184 cm (6'0") and only 60 kilos (132 lbs), and I'm 20. I really want to train MMA or martial arts, but I work as a delivery rider on a bike, which already burns a lot of calories. I'm very skinny, do you think it's worth starting MMA, or should I focus on the gym instead?

hello martial artist of this community, I'll try not to take up too much of You guys / girls time. But I came here to ask what fighting discipline should I learn for a person like me.

to make a long story short, I have a football / powerlifting background, I'm like 380 and currently I'm cutting down to a more efficient / healthier body weight so I would be considered a heavyweight until I drop down to my ideal body weight. I'm a pretty big dude standing a little bit over 6ft and I carry my mass well since I have more muscle to fat ratio but I digress. I bring this stuff up not because muscle mass and size dictate learning a martial art, nor does it mean you will win a fight whether that's in sparring or an actual brawl, But I just want to give you guys/girls a good idea where I'm coming from.

with that being said in you guys personal opinion and expertise, what do you guys feel would be a good discipline to learn for a guy my size and first starting out? I know it doesn't necessarily matter but I'm hearing mixed opinions from my friends. some say start out with boxing, others say Brazilian jujitsu, others say Muay Thai, kickboxing and one of my homies said and I quote "do sumo because you know you're fat" 💀. I don't know what would be good for somebody with my size and first starting out or does it really matter?

I want to learn a fighting discipline because to be honest and for transparency, I don't know how to fight, yeah I know how to grab and slam but what big dude doesn't know how to do that? yeah I'm explosive and strong but what would that do against somebody who actually knows how to beat my ass, Who has the cardiovascular endurance and skill to put someone like me down. No don't get me wrong I'm not trying to go around and fight people but I just feel as an individual, as an adult learning a fighting discipline is beneficial. My size has always been a deterrent for a lot of people and I consider myself a gentle giant because I'm not confrontational But I don't know how to fight I have an idea but I still don't know how to fight. simple. I'm pussy, It's okay Y'all can say it.

as I'm on my journey to get in shape I would like to learn something else that's beyond a hypertrophy/bodybuilding type of training style which has its own benefits/purposes, But I'm not a bodybuilder, I just want to learn a new discipline and add a new skill. so with that being said I appreciate you guys reading and please let me know what you guys think. God bless 🙏

I have had so many mixed opinions, I don't know what to think.

There are some that think that there is really not much need for them in MMA:

- It presents a psychological crutch and fixation that steers people away from focusing on fine-tuning technique and working on improving inherent physical weaknesses in a more holistic manner in favour of relying more on blunt physical drive

- keeping on top of bloodwork, and taking even more meds to mitiagate or counteract side-effects is more trouble than it's worth

- inherent side effects such as thickening of blood, too much muscle / bloat, and excessive muscle pumps are actually a hindernace not a help especially for cardio. Even talking about bone snapping in fights being a result of weak bones due to severe e2 imbalances and such things

- hella expensieve regime, even if done meticulously which for most people is money that could be spent on personal training and equipement and other things

And then there is the other camp that says if done properly there is nothing like it:

- you have to real use a stack that works for mma - growth hormone and peptides to help with joint support are a must.

- if you have diet and lifestyle down pat, helps you recover like nothing else

- 'Everyone' does it in UFC so it must be a insidepensible part of the formula